Even if it was just a scrimmage, full speed football at the Boneyard in the morning sure is a lot of fun to watch.

For the Lake Highlands Wildcats, Friday's scrimmage against the South Garland Colonels was their final live action tune-up before the season opener against the Mesquite Skeeters.

Like many high school teams, the 'Cats enter the 2010 season with a lot of big holes to fill after losing several key players to graduation.

The biggest question for the 'Cats heading into the season is who will replace Ricky Zorn, last season's quarterback and the district's Co-Offensive MVP.

The battle for the Wildcats starting QB job is between two Wildcat sophomores, Trent Jones and Michael Ketchmark.

"Without looking at the film, I think both Trent and Michael had some good plays and some bad plays in the scrimmage," Head Coach Scott Smith said late Friday. "They've both worked really hard to get in a position to be our starter come next Friday night."

The other big question many 'Cat fans answered is how this year's defense will stack up against last year's squad – one that ranked #1 in the area after 10 games in 2009.

After watching the Colonels gut the 'Cats defense on a couple big runs, including one run that went 70 yards for a TD, there might be more questions than answers at this point.

That said, South Garlands's big runs came in the segmented portion of the scrimmage. During the one live quarter of play, the 'Cats defense turned it up a notch, all but shutting down the shifty Colonel running backs with a swarming defensive attack.

"The defensive looked good, but there were just too many mental mistakes," Smith said after the scrimmage. "Offensively, I think we are a little behind where we need to be right now, so we have some work to do this week to get ready for Mesquite."

With two-a-days over and the last scrimmage now out of the way, the 'Cats enter zero week in anticipation for another great season.

THe 2010 season opener against Mesquite will be played at Handy Stadium. Kick-off set for 7:30 p.m.

Remember, if you can't make the game, LH Today will be streaming it live from Hanby Stadium.

Be sure to tune in around 7:00 p.m for pre-game analysis with Chip Waggoner and David Hardt. To enhance the experience for our listeners, we'll also have a live game tracker in operation as well.

GO 'CATS!